HTML Version of AstroWeb Database

FIGARO Software ( AAO )
National Astronomical Observatory of JAPAN - Astronomical Data Analysis Center ( NAOJ-ADAC )
Astronomical Data Center FTP Archive
CATALOGS: astrometric, positional, spectroscopic, photometric data. Cross-identifications, combined and derived data, non-stellar and extended objects, galactic, extra-galactic data, and miscellaneous data. FITS Table Browser software. E-mail directory. American node of Astronomical Data Centers.
NASA space images and information
Neural Network Papers
Steward Observatory (FTP)
Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS AnonFTP site)
Documents & Files related to Astronomical Catalogues and Publications; Astrometric catalogues; Photometric catalogues; Spectroscopic catalogues; Cross-Identifications; Combined catalogues; Miscellaneous Catalogues; Non-stellar Objects; Radio catalogues. Tables published in Astron. Astrophys; Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.; Astron. J.; Astrophys. J.; Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser.; IAU Symposium; Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. - Observations of Variable Stars by the " Association Francaise d'Observateurs d'Etoiles Variables" ; How to access and use The Opacity Project dataBASE, providing extensive atomic data. A WWW version of the same services is available.
Starbase
An ASCII file based database management system with features for manipulation of astronomical data.
Whipple Observatory / Multiple Mirror Telescope - Schedules ( Whipple / MMT )
University of Alabama - Department of Physics and Astronomy: Preprints
Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory - Schedules ( CTIO )
Meteosat-3 animations (4x/day)
Meteosat-3 images (4x/day)
ST-ECF Astronomical Software Library
HST PR-images
Astronomical literature publicly accessible on-line: a short ( status report, )
by Fionn Murtagh and Hans-Martin Adorf, ST-ECF, ESO Messenger No. 72, June 1993, pp. 45-47
UN Office for Outer Space Affairs
Experimental home page of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs focusing on United Nations activities in outer space matters, particularly on planetary exploration and astronomy (=basic space science).
Ames SPACE Archive
Ames space GIFs ( file is available, with descriptive text.. )
Weathermaps
Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory - Schedules ( FCRAO )
FITS Information Archive
This is an archive for the Flexible Image Transport System [FITS], the standard data interchange and archival format of the worldwide astronomy community.
HST archive retrieval instructions
Network Resources for Astronomers
A report prepared by Bob Hanisch (STScI) for the AAS in October 1992.
pgperl
pgperl is a version of the Perl language which has available the PGPLOT FORTRAN library, a very popular package for plotting astronomical data.
Karma ( ATNF@CSIRO-RP )
The Karma package is a library and applications for Signal and Image Processing written by Richard Gooch.
TCL Archives
Tcl is a very high level interpreted scripting language which along with Tk greatly simplifies the creation of graphical user interface. It has been ported to a wide variety of platforms and has numerous extensions for database access, client-server systems, and object oriented programming. The syntax is simple and easy to use.
Canada France Hawaii Telescope (ftp) ( CFHT )
CNAM (National Conservatory of Arts & Works)
An astronomical database of NASA pictures
Mathematical Morphology
Munich Image Data Analysis System (FTP) ( ESO-MIDAS )
This directory contains: README = This file; 9NNOV = Subdirectory containing the 9NNOV release of MIDAS (only packages, patches and documentation); courier = Directory containing the compressed postscript files of the newsletter: MIDAS Courier.; calib = Directory with the ESO calibration files for MIDAS.; linux = Directory containing binary versions of MIDAS for PC/Linux.
NASA Astrophysics FTP File Server ( NASA Astrophysics )
Contains: General Information; NRAs, Committee Reports, Newsletters (Inside Astrophysics0
NASA Research Announcements
e.g. Astrophysics Data Program in nra_93-oss-05
James Clark Maxwell Telescope - Schedules ( JCMT )
KHOROS Software
Khoros is an integrated software development environment for information processing and visualization. Khoros components include a visual programming language, code generators for extending the visual language and adding new application packages to the system, an interactive user interface editor, interactive image display programs, surface visualization, an extensive library of image processing, numerical analysis and signal processing routines, and 2D/3D plotting packages. X applications built using the Khoros User Interface Libraries have built in journal/playback and groupware capabilities. Khoros is a Registered Trademark of Khoral Research, Inc.
Also see newsgroup comp.soft-sys.khoros .
There are additional Khoros anonFTP sites in CANADA popeye.genie.uottawa.ca/pub/khoros, GERMANY ftp.rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE/graph/khoros, ITALY ipifidpt.difi.unipi.it/pub/khoros, JAPAN ftp.waseda.ac.jp/pub/khoros and UK unix.hensa.ac.uk/pub/uunet/window-sys/khoros.
VISTA Software
NCSA Software
an Internet Tools Summary
LISP-STAT code library
Solar, Auroral, Ionospheric, ... Information ( Univ. Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada )
Solar Imagery (mirrored from SELSIS/BBSO)-updated once every three hours; Daily Reports of Ionospheric Data containing M(3000), foF2, MUF(3000), and TEC; East-West Solar Interferometer Scan Images from the Algonquin Radio Observatory 32-Element Interferometer; Weekly Solar Terrestrial Forecast and Review Reports; Daily GOES-6 and 7 X-ray Plots as well as special high-resolution xray plots of major flares; Daily NSO solar coronal line emission plots; Daily Pseudo-Full-Disk solar coronal maps of the coronal Fe XIV and Ca XV ion lines from the NSO; and more... - README
Rennes' University of France
Astronomical pictures & animations with graphical indexes; - README-english , README-french
FITS Archive ( IAU FITS WG, maintained by P. Grosbøl (ESO )
WIYN - KPNO (FTP)
Compton/GRO FTP Directories
High Altitude Observatory ( HAO )
NRAO 12m
Infrared Space Observatory - Schedules ( ISO )
University of Hawaii IfA: 2.2m Telescope - Schedule
IRAF (Image Reduction and Analysis Facility) ( NOAO )
IRAF ftp archive directories. README = This file; ORDERFORM = IRAF order form, for mailed IRAF distributions and printed and bound versions of the manuals; REGISTER = IRAF mailing list and site registration; conf = November 1991 IRAF Conference information; contrib = Contributed software; docs = IRAF user and technical documentation; extra = IRAF add-on layered packges, fixes, etc.; v28 = The IRAF V2.8 distribution (partial); v29 = The IRAF V2.9 distribution; v210 = The IRAF V2.10 distribution; web = World Wide Web (WWW) home directory.; (there is an IRAF home page (preliminary) \}
Infra-Red Telescope Facility - Schedules ( IRTF )
MICHEL, Francis
Space News Archive ( SPACENEWS )
Announcements of space-related news items. Moderated.
Space Policy Archive ( SPACEPOL )
Space Policy digest (sci.space.policy newsgroup) Discussions about political, economic, and policy aspects of spaceflight.
Space Science Archive ( SPACESCI )
Space Science digest (sci.space.science newsgroup) Planetary science, space-based astronomy, and other space science. Moderated.
Space Shuttle Archive ( SPACE-SH )
Space Shuttle digest (sci.space.shuttle newsgroup) The space shuttle and the STS program.
Space Tech Archive ( SPACE )
Space Tech digest (sci.space.tech newsgroup) Technology and general issues related to space flight. (Moderated) **note** This digest is completely different from the space-tech-digest run by Marc Ringuette.
Fortran-77 to Fortran-90 converter
Groningen IP SYstem ( GIPSY )
README Release 3.5: This document describes how to install GIPSY Release 3.5 on one or more of the machines mentioned below. Only on these systems GIPSY is fully supported. They are: Alliant FX80, Decstations, HP 300 series, HP 700 series, IBM/RS6000, Silicon Graphics/IRIX, Sun 4 systems (<5.0), Sun 4 systems (>=5.0), Convex C2 and C3, OSF1/alpha.
Meteosat images of Europe, Africa, Atlantic and World (3x/day)
International Earth Rotation Service ( IERS, USNO )
TAI-UTC (leap second table) is available.
MathSource -- Mathematica Software ( Wolfram Research, Inc. )
This site contains all material available through MathSource. The General directory contains items of general interest to the Mathematica community, such as administrative info, MathGroup archives, Mathematica tutorials, MathSource information, utility programs, and Mathematica tips. The Enhancements directory contains items that enhance the functionality of Mathematica beyond the capabilities of the basic kernel. Items in the Applications directory deal with the application of Mathematica to specific problems or subject areas. The subcategories group related items together into manageable sizes. Subcategories under Applications include: Audio, Chemistry, Complexity, Computer Science, Data-Tables, Economics-Finance, Education, Engineering, Geography, Graphics, Life Science, Material Science, Math, and Physics. Books supplements, periodicals, journals, press-announcements, bibliographical information, Mathematica documentation, and the like are all stored in the Publications directory.
EDI (Electronic Document Interchange) Newsletter (ESA)
Analyz ( single-dish spectral analysis (NAIC )
ST-ECF Archives
Kitt Peak National Observatory (FTP) ( KPNO )
Kitt Peak National Observatory - Schedules ( KPNO )
NOAO preprints
VLBI Antenna at Fortaleza, Brazil
PROS Software
SAO (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory) ( FTP )
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO)
Astrophysics Data System; AXAF Science Center; Data analysis for the Einstein Observatory; Jonathan McDowell's quasar energy distribution database and software library; PROS 2.2 software - README
Einstein Observatory
ASSIST
ASSIST implements a uniform graphical interface to analysis systems, documentation, and other community memory.
NASA Shuttle flights - pictures
Pretty pictures from many NASA Shuttle flights, including STS-61 in December 1993 to service the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The images in this directory are mirrored from the sites at: ftp://explorer.arc.nasa.gov/pub/SPACE/SHUTTLE, and ftp://sseop.jsc.nasa.gov/
Wilcox Solar Observatory (Stanford Univ.) ( WSO )
Contains a solar physics database, currently only holds information from Wilcox observatory, but will soon become site of a National Solar Database and will hold much more data from many different sites. - README
sci.astro.research FTP Archive ( SAR FTP Archive )
Information about the sci.astro.research Usenet newsgroup
Algorithm reference implementations, astronomical and Unix system management tools
Various items including: Jiggle - a program for noninteractive mosaic assembly, Limbctr - a program for non-interactive identification of planetary limbs and centers in images, Mko2FITS - converts '80s-era UH 2.24-meter telescope CCD image files to FITS, Icarus.sty - Latex macros for formatting papers for the planetary journal Icarus, Backup - Unix scripts that automate nightly backup securely over a network, Clues - cut-and-paste instructions for getting and installing over 75 (mostly free) software packages, Sundiskfmt - practical example of partitioning a disk in SunOS. Most items have liberal/free distribution terms.
MURPHY, Brian W. ( Butler Univ. )
US National Weather Service Forecasts for the ( United States and Canada )
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Theory Group
Numerical Recipes Software
Gemini/Pachon/ArCon
Astronomy_and_Astrophysics ( USC )
Astronomy and Astrophysics (NCSU)
Global Change Data and Information System ( GCDIS )
The Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences (CEES), as prescribed by the Global Change Research Act of 1990, established a program whereby the United States Global Research Program (USGCRP) members committed to work together with each other, academia, and the international community to make it as easy as possible for researchers and others to access and use global change data and information. Toward this end, agencies participating in the USGCRP organized the Global Change Data and Information System (GCDIS) to take full advantage of the mission resources and responsibilities of each agency and to link the services of these data and information resources to each other.
Gemini 8m Telescopes Project (GOPHER) ( Gemini )
Sky and Telescope Weekly News Bulletin
University of Colorado ( Gopher )
Archie gateway (FTP searches) ( Gopher )
Gopher protocol from Univ. Minnesota (home of the " Golden Gophers" )
the FAQ
lists of Gophers servers
Astronomy Resources ( A Chilean resource list in Spanish. )
Select Gopher item 7 " Servicios Miscelaneos" ,
then select item 4 " Informacion sobre Astronomia/Astronautica y Espacio" .
La Palma - Isaac Newton Group (gopher) ( ING )
Telnet
World library catalogs via Telnet ( Yale list )
Library of Congress ( LOCIS )
Search and Retrieve Graphics Software and Data
Wavelet Information
Astronomy and Astrophysics (Rice)
Astronomy Listing at UCSC ( gopher )
sunsite.unc.edu Archives
NASA astronomy images
University of California, Berkeley (Gopher) ( UCB )
Space Telescope Electronic Information System (STScI)
KORISTA Kirk ( U. of Kentucky )
KNEE, Lewis B.G. ( SEST )
FLORES, Roberto
HILL, John M. ( Steward Obs. )
ASCA Data Facility
The ASCA Data Facility, part of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Astrophysics Data Facility , is responsible for processing low level ASCA data into standard formatted products, distributing ASCA data to American and European Primary (PI) and Guest (GI) investigators, and populating the final ASCA public data archive.
Astronomical Data Analysis Center ( NAOJ/ADAC )
Astronomical Data Analysis Center (ADAC) of National Astronomical Observatory, Japan (NAOJ) provides all the catalogues in its collection on-line, including the mirror copy of the CDS on-line catalogues and journal tables. Both anonymous ftp and WWW interfaces are available.
Space Mechanics Group Home Page ( Space Mechanics Group - Pisa )
Space Mechanics Group, Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa, ITALY. This home page gives access to: People (personal home pages) Resarch projects (subject home pages) Publications lists Data bases: asteroid proper elements (ftp server) Announcements of meetings We belong to European Asteroid Research Node Related information - pointers to other groups A preprint facility is in preparation A practical information facility (how to reach us, etc.) is in preparation
MILANI, Andrea ( Univ. Pisa )
Astronomical Data Center ( ADC )
The Astronomical Data Center (ADC), at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, is a cooperative effort between the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC)/ World Data Center A for Rockets and Satellites (WDC-A-R&S) and its parent organization, the Space Science Data Operations Office . Currently, the ADC archives hold more than 670 catalogs of astrometry, photometry, spectroscopy, radio, and other miscellaneous data for stellar and nonstellar objects. The data were acquired through exchanges with the Centre de Donn'ees Astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS) , other astronomical data centers throughout the world, and by direct contributions from the international astronomical community.
NASA ADC Electronic News
NASA ADC Online Information System
Multiwavelength Milky Way
Images of the Milky Way galaxy in the light of several spectral lines and continuum bands, spanning the electromagnetic spectrum from radio to high-energy gamma-ray, are presented. The display is interactive, allowing zooming and panning of the images, each of which covers the entire sky within ten degrees of the Galactic plane. Explanatory text and links to the data sources and references are included. The Multiwavelength Milky Way site is an educational service of the Astrophysics Data Facility at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service ( ADS Abstracts )
The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) Abstract Service provides access to two sets of abstracts: The Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstract Service provides access to currently over 200,000 abstracts. The Instrumentation Abstract Service provides access to currently over 270,000 abstracts. Both datasets are searchable with a sophisticated searching system. The Astronomy dataset also includes object name searches through a connection to the SIMBAD database in France. More information about this service is available in the Abstract Service Help Pages .
Astrophysics Data System Archive Service ( ADS Archive )
This service provides access and search capability to Einstein Observatory Data, including the 29 CDROMs released by the Einstein Observatory project at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. These data include image files and photon event list files from the Image Proportional Counter (IPC) and the High Resolution Imager (HRI) instruments. Files are in standard astronomical FITS format which may be viewed through a standard FITS display tool such as SAOimage.
Astrophysics Data System Catalog Service ( ADS Catalog )
WWW Forms interface to ADS Catalogs
Astrophysics Data System ( ADS )
The ADS is a free software aimed at the Astrophysics community. It is a distributed environment that provides access to a variety of astronomical data for the scientific user community. At present the main emphasis is on making data collected by NASA space missions available to astronomers. This is being expanded to include access to data from ground based observations. The ADS provides access to over 190 astronomical catalogs and approximately 125,000 astronomical abstracts. It also provides direct access to the HEASARC Browse tool, NSSDC's Online Data and Information Service (NODIS), the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED), and access to SIMBAD (Set of Identifications, Measurements, and Bibliography for Astronomical Data). The user is able to access all of this information via a simple-to-use Graphical User Interface (GUI). Simply " point and click" to retrieve the information you need for proposals, research projects, or classroom assignments.
Astrophysics Data System ASIAS Article Service ( ADS Article )
This service provides access to scanned images of journal articles since 1975. So far, we have created images of ApJ Letter journal articles and linked them into the Abstract Service. We will add ApJ articles next, followed by other journals for which we can obtain publisher permission.
ADS Einstein Archive Service ( Einstein )
This service provides query and retrieval capability for the Einstein X-ray Observatory's processed data archive. The archive includes about 5000 X-ray observations (in astronomical standard FITS format) taken between 1978 and 1981.
WARNOCK, Archibald ( HSTX )
Digital Images of the Sky, Bonn
A collection of astronomical images taken with the instruments of the Astronomical Institutes of the University of Bonn (AIUB) by Till Credner and Sven Kohle et al. A variety of Three Colour Images is shown.
Kuiper Airborne Observatory ( KAO )
Noto VLBI Station
SERENDIP
The UC Berkeley SETI Program, SERENDIP (Search for Extraterrestrial Radio Emissions from Nearby Developed Intelligent Populations) is an ongoing scientific research effort aimed at detecting radio signals from extraterrestrial civilizations. The project is the world's only " piggyback" SETI system, operating alongside simultaneously conducted conventional radio astronomy observations. SERENDIP is currently piggybacking on the 1,000-foot dish at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, the largest radio telescope in the world.
ALEPH Experiment ( CERN )
Observatoire de Marseille
Astronomical Observatory in Marseilles, France.
Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array ( AMANDA )
The Astrophysics Multi-spectral Archive Search Engine ( AMASE )
AMASE is an online astrophysics catalog developed using object-oriented database (OODB) technology to help researchers locate multi-mission data in the NASA archives.
Ada in (Astro)physics
This page provides a set of programs of astrophysical interest written in the ADA programming language. These programs cover topics from LTE line syntehsis in rotating and pulsating stars, Continuous opacities for Kurucz and other atmospheres, Feautrier formal solver package, Zeeman-Feautrier and DELO polarised radiation formal solvers package, Zeeman pattern determination from spectroscopic terms, partition function package and other packages for graphical plotting and interpolation.
MAUERSBERGER, R.
Aspen Center for Physics ( ACP )
The Aspen Center for Physics is a scientific organization which promotes organized research in physics, astrophysics and related fields through a program of individual and collaborative research, seminars, workshops and conferences and which promotes the education of the general public through public lectures and other activities.
MEYER, David M. ( Northwestern Univ. )
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Each day we feature a new picture of our spectacular universe. Browse through our extensive annotated archive. Intended for all educational levels.
75th Anniversary Astronomical Debate Home Page
In April 1920, Harlow Shapley and Heber D. Curtis debated " The Scale of the Universe" in Washington, DC. 75 years later, in April 1995, in commemoration of the `Great Debate', Donald Q. Lamb and Bohdan Paczynski will debate " The Distance Scale to Gamma-Ray Bursts" in the same auditorium. Martin Rees will moderate. Introductory lectures will be given by Virginia Trimble and Gerald Fishman. Tickets are free: availability information is listed through the home page. The home page also makes available a great deal of background information about the 1920 Curtis - Shapley debate suitable for undergraduate lectures wishing to mention the 75th anniversary of this historic astronomical event.
Universität Tübingen - Theoretische Astrophysik ünd Computational Physics
Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences ( APS, Boulder, Colorado )
The Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences teaches and researches the areas of Astrophysics and Astronomy, Fluid Dynamics, Planetary Science, Plasma Physics, Solar Physics, and Space Physics.
The department is also affiliated with Fiske Planetarium and Sommers-Bausch Observatory on campus.
APS - What's New?
Physics newsflashes by Bob Park, American Physical Society. If you wish to subscribe to What's New by e-mail, send a message to listserv@aps.org and in the body of the message say `sub whatsnew'.
Saint Mary's University - Department of Astronomy and Physics ( SMU )
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada ( RASC )
The beginnings of "The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada" (RASC) go back to the middle of the nineteenth century. The Society was incorporated within the province of Ontario in 1890, received its Royal Charter from King Edward VII in 1903, and was federally incorporated in 1968. The National Office of the Society is located at 136 Dupont Street, Toronto, ON, M5R 1V2, telephone (416) 924-7973, e-mail rasc@vela.astro.utoronto.edu. The business office and library are housed there.
BARKHOUSE, Wayne ( St. Marys )
WEST, Michael ( St Marys )
Universität Münster - Astronomisches Institut [English] ( [German] )
There is also a Activities at the AIM include: MRSP (MuensterRedshiftProject) with nearly a million redshifts of galaxies from low resolution objective prism plates, ERSS (ESO RedSkySurvey) with 20 million stars and 7 million galaxies on 5000 square degrees at the southern hemisphere from 218 digitized ESO Schmidt plates NATO ASI (AdvancedStudyInstitute) Abstracts from the Conference on Cosmological Aspects of X-Ray Clusters of Galaxies held in June 1993 in Velen, Westphalia, Germany. MIBIG (MuensterInteractingBinariesGroup) with work on cataclysmic variables, flare stars, flickering and long term photometry of variable stars.
Astronomie im Internet ( a resource list in German )
Münster Redshift Project
Münster ESO Red Sky Survey
LICHTENBERG, Günther ( Univ. Münster )
WINTERBERG, Jürgen ( Univ. Münster )
Space Research Institute ( IKI )
As the leading organization of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the field of investigations of Outer Space, Solar System planets and other objects of the Universe, Space Research Institute (IKI) is primarily in charge of long-range planning and elaboration of space research programs of which a considerable part is performed within the framework of international space research cooperation.
ESO / ST-ECF Data Archive
European Southern Observatory / Space Telescope - European Coordinating Facility
RASMUSSEN, Bo Frese ( ST-ECF )
ESO Preprints Database ( Bibliographic catalogue )
The catalogue of preprints available from the ESO Library includes entries from institutes world-wide.
RASMUSSEN, Bo Frese (alternate 1) ( ST-ECF )
ALBRECHT, Miguel A. ( ESO )
HILL, Susan (alternate) ( ESO )
Starcat ( ESO )
Science Archive Facility
You can search the following ESO Databases: NTT EMMI/SUSI Science Archive Observation Programme Schedule Seeing monitor data for La Silla Extinction coefficients for La Silla Spectral Plates Preprints Publications of the ESO User's Community You can search the following Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Databases: HST Science Exposures HST Abstracts & Proposals HST Abstracts - full text search. HST Publications FOS/GHRS observations by target class Other Services at the ESO/ST-ECF Archive: Astronomical Catalogues The Digitized Sky Survey The HST Guide Star Catalogue The ESO Sky Calendar tool. A review of today's data archive technology.
La Silla - ESO Schedules
Medium Deep Survey ( MDS )
The Medium Deep Survey (MDS) is an international project that uses the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in Pure parallel mode to study the nature of faint galaxies in the deepest regions of the universe. The released MDS database contains model fits for about 64000 objects in 185 WFPC2 fields, observed in most cases using the F814W(I), F606W(V) and for few in F450W(B) photometric filters. Some fields overlap each other, and duplicate observations of the same object has not yet been cross-identified.
BERTSCHINGER, Edmund ( MIT )
Ancient Astronomical Cosmology Resource Center ( A Central Resource for Educators and Student )
Contains an interactive atlas of world astronomy, with detailed descriptions of the astronomy of cultures around the world. Also includes an interactive Dresden and Borgian codex for studying Mayan and Aztec astronomy. Several student essays and links to other relevant sites are included.
National Solar Observatory ( NSO )
Synoptic Solar Magnetograms
European Large Area ISO Survey ( ELAIS )
ISO-HDF Home Page ( ISO-HDF )
The ISO-HDF project has mapped the Hubble Deep Field at 6.7 and 15 microns, using the ISOCAM camera on ISO. Data and analysis products will be made available to the community via this WWW page.
University of Pittsburgh - Relativity Group: Preprints
University of Arizona -- Steward Observatory ( UA and SO )
Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility ( AXAF. Harvard University )
AXAF, the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility, is the U.S. follow-on to the Einstein Observatory. Originally three instruments and a high-resolution mirror carried in one spacecraft, the project was reworked in 1992 and 1993. The AXAF spacecraft will carry a high resolution mirror, two imaging detectors, and two sets of transmission gratings
Astronomical Software Directory Service ( ASDS )
Our goal is to help you find the astronomical software you need to solve your problem.We have several ways to help you look:A collection of user guides, programmer guides, on-line help files, etc: Package overviews, giving a general description, along with requirements, availability, and pointers to other sources of information:
Leeds University - Astrophysics Group
Within the Department of Physics at Leeds University are three research groups that work in Astronomy related areas. The Optical Astronomy group is mainly interested in globular clusters and CCD photometry.

The Haverah Park group studies high energy cosmic rays by various techniques.

The Whipple group is attempting to detect gamma rays with energies > 1TeV using air-Cherenkov detectors.

Leeds University - Astrophysics Group: Preprints
Darwin ( Space IR Interferometry Mission )
Darwin is a proposal for a European infrared interferometer in space. Its first aim is to detect Earth-like planets around nearby stars, and then to search for a signature of life, ozone in an atmosphere. It could also be used as a general-purpose infrared observatory.
Darwin was proposed to the European Space Agency (ESA) for a Cornerstone Mission in its Horizon 2000 Plus plan. In October 1995, ESA decided to study such an infrared interferometer as an option for its Interferometer Cornerstone. The Darwin and Edison teams have combined to promote the selection by ESA of this option. The Darwin advocacy team members are also members of the International Working Group on Space Interferometry , a pressure group for this type of mission. Final selection on cost, science and technology grounds will be made around 2000, for a launch in the period 2009 - 2017.
PENNY, Alan ( RAL )
Starman - Crowded-field stellar photometry
Starman is a software package for:- Crowded-field stellar photometry Stellar photometry Image handling Table handling.
University of Minnesota - Astronomy Department ( U Minn )
The University of Minnesota Astronomy Department WWW page provides access not only to information on departmental activities, but also provides links to astronomical and meteorological resources on the InterNet which astronomers may find useful.
KORALESKY, Barron T. ( U. Minnesota )
ISHIBASHI, Kazunori ( U. Minnesota )
Study of a massive/hot stars in the multiband observations. Currently engaging in study of Eta Carinae with RXTE.
KOBULNICKY, Henry A. ( U. Minnesota )
DICKEY, John ( U. Minn )
RUDNICK, Lawrence ( U. Minnesota )
Innsbruck - Galactic Planetary Nebulae Database
University of Innsbruck - Institute for Astronomy
This server offers information on:
GRATL, Helmut ( AI Innsbruck )
KIMESWENGER, Stefan ( AI Innsbruck )
University of California, Berkeley - Astronomy Department ( UCB-Astronomy )
The UCB Astronomy Home Page contains general information about the department. We maintain links for faculty, staff, post docs and students so that they may make papers, images, and other information available. Also included are an e-mail directory for the department, and links to related institutions.
HUDSON, Jerry ( UC Berkeley )
HILLENBRAND, Lynne ( UC Berkeley )
TRUELOVE, J. Kelly ( UC Berkeley )
VAN DYK, Schuyler ( UC Berkeley )
CalTech Astronomy
Keck Observatory ( CalTech )
Palomar Observatory ( CalTech )
BLANDFORD, Roger D. ( CalTech )
VAN KERKWIJK, Marten ( CalTech )
DANNER, Rudolf ( CalTech / MPE )
ODEWAHN, Stephen ( Caltech )
KULKARNI, Shri ( CalTech )
PGPLOT Graphics Subroutine Library
The PGPLOT Graphics Subroutine Library is a Fortran-callable, device-independent graphics package for making simple scientific graphs. It is intended for making graphical images of publication quality with minimum effort on the part of the user. For most applications, the program can be device-independent, and the output can be directed to the appropriate device at run time.
KASPI, Vicky ( Caltech / JPL )
University of Lisbon - Astronomy and Astrophysics Group
European Space Agency Astrophysics Division
An overview of the activities of the Astrophysics Division, information of the projects, location, etc.: local information - staff, general news, job vacancies, meetings and symposia, astrophysics research activities at ESTEC, ESA astronomy project activities, astronomical data archives. Links to several sites likely to be useful to astronomers are also provided.
European X-ray Observatory Satellite Data Center ( EXOSAT at ESTEC. ESA )
Payload description
COBRAS/SAMBA
COBRAS/SAMBA is an ESA project designed to image the anisotropies of the Cosmic Background Radiation Field over the whole sky, with unprecedented sensitivity and angular resolution. COBRAS/SAMBA will provide a major source of information relevant to several cosmological and astrophysical issues, such as testing theories of the early universe and the origin of cosmic structure.
Gloabal Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics ( GAIA )
GAIA is a preliminary concept for a second space astrometry mission (after HIPPARCOS), recently recommended within the context of ESA's Horizon 2000 Plus long-term scientific programme. It is aimed at the broadest possible astrophysical exploitation of optical interferometry using a modest baseline length.
Hipparcos
Hipparcos is a space experiment dedicated to the precise measurement of the positions, parallaxes and proper motions of the stars. The intended goal was to measure the five astrometric parameters of some 120 000 primary programme stars to a precision of some 2 to 4 milli-arcsec, over a planned mission lifetime of 2.5 years, and the astrometric and two-colour photometric properties of some 400 000 additional stars (the Tycho experiment) to a somewhat lower astrometric precision. The project was accepted within the ESA scientific programme in 1980. The satellite was launched by Ariane, in August 1989, and after collecting more than three years of extremely high-quality scientific data, communications were terminated with the satellite in August 1993. All of the mission goals have been achieved, and in most cases significantly exceeded. The first results are expected to be available to Principal Investigators during 1996, and widely distributed early in 1997.
International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory ( INTEGRAL. ESTEC. ESA )
Technical status of Integral. The mission utilises the service module (bus) under development for the ESA XMM project. Integral will be launched in 2001. The mission is conceived as an observatory led by ESA with contributions from Russia and NASA
X-Ray Astronomy Satellite ( SAX. ESTEC. ESA )
SAX is devoted to systematic, integrated and comprehensive studies of galactic and extragalactic X-ray sources in the energy band 0.1 - 200 keV; the observational goal to be addressed is to continue and expand upon previous spectral and timing observations of celestial sources in those areas for which the existing information is missing or inadequate and will remain uncovered in the foreseable future. Sax will be launched by an Atlas G-Centaur directly into a 600 km orbit at 3 degrees inclination at the end of 1995
Superconducting Tunnel Junction Detector Research ( STJ )
Such devices promise to yield the near-ideal astronomical photon-counting detector in which not just the location, but also the energy of each photon is recorded at extremely high efficiency. STJ detectors have previously been considered mainly for X-ray astronomy applications, but recent theoretical and laboratory research in the division has led to a dramatic breakthrough in extending the technique to visible and UV wavelengths where energy discrimination up until now has had to rely on filters or low efficiency dispersive optics.
High-Throughput X-Ray Spectroscopy Mission ( XMM. ESTEC. ESA )
XMM is an X-ray astrophysics observatory under development by the European Space Agency for operation around the turn of the century. This facility-class observatory, with an anticipated lifetime of over ten years, will enable astronomers to conduct sensitive X-ray spectroscopic observations of a wide variety of cosmic sources
Astronomy and Space Science Group at George Mason University ( GMU )
The Space Sciences group at George Mason University is research and teaching in Astronomy and Space Sciences.
NMSU Numerical Cosmology Group
University of Rochester - Near Infrared Group
University of Melbourne - School of Physics: Astrophysics Group
HOLMAN, Brett ( Melbourne )
BARNES, David ( Melbourne )
MORTLOCK Daniel ( Melbourne )
Princeton University Observatory
Princeton University - Astrophysics Library
Princeton University Astrophysics Graduate Program
Princeton Observatory: Preprints
STANEK, Krzysztof Z. ( Princeton )
COLLEY, Wesley N ( Princeton )
Queen's University - Astronomy Group
Dark Matter Tutorial
This is a tutorial about Dark Matter and cosmology, written by a researcher in the field, with optional Java experiments.
Stanford University Astrophysics
Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg ( Strasbourg astronomical Observatory )
The Strasbourg astronomical Observatory is an institute of the Université Louis Pasteur. It hosts the Strasbourg astronomical Data Center (CDS). Research activities are in the following fields: Stellar Populations and Galactic Evolution; High-Energy astrophysics; Cosmology; Information handling. The Observatory hosts a Planetarium.
The Cosmic Background Radiation, Strasbourg 96
A NATO Advanced Study Institute Strasbourg 1996 Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg
How Far Can You Go ? ( A critical review of the distance scale of the universe )
Recent determinations or new approaches have brought a new light on the distance scale of the universe: Hubble Space Telescope key project, Hipparcos distance determinations, microlensing surveys, etc.
This workshop brought together key persons working on complementary aspects in order to make a critical review of the distance scale of the universe. It was organized by the Observatoire de Strasbourg and held at La Petite Pierre, Northern Vosges, 25-27 June 1997.
Electronic proceedings are available.
University of Chicago - Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Our server has information about our graduate program, brief descriptions of our research, listings of the members of our department (and their personal home pages, if applicable). Several research groups also have pages; this web server is home to the web pages for Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum and Yerkes Observatory.

We at the University of Chicago Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics note with great sorrow the recent passing of our distinguished teacher and friend S. Chandrasekhar. A web page memorial has been set up so that everyone can share their memories of Chandra.

Yerkes Observatory ( University of Chicago )
Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay Wisconsin hosts the 40" refractor, a 41" reflector, a 24" Boller & Chivens reflector, a 10" educational telescope, and support facilities. The 41" telescope is used for research including adaptive optics studies.
Ryerson Astronomical Society
a student organization at the University of Chicago.
The Solar System, Lecture notes and class materials ( Indiana University Northwest )
Lecture notes, homeworks, exams, and plenty of relevant links for introductory Astronomy course for non-science majors at Indiana University Northwest: The Solar System. Class taught in September 1996.
REBULL, Luisa ( UnivChicago )
Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik Tübingen, Department Astronomy ( Tuebingen )
Astronomical Time Series Analysis ( ATSA )
This is the homepage of the time series analysis group at the
Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Sect. Astronomy, in Tübingen (Germany).
We are dealing with problems of the deterministic (periodic) and non-deterministic
behavior of astronomical time series measured by X-ray satellites. The object of
our work is to develop tools both for analysing and simulating time series in order to
improve the understanding of the time dependent processes taking place in the objects
observed by satellites ( EXOSAT, Ginga, ROSAT, XTE, ASCA).
BARKHOUSE, Wayne ( Toronto )
University of Waterloo - Astronomy Group
Astronomical Institute, Wroclaw University
Astronomical Institute of Wroclaw University, Poland Main fields of interest: Solar and Space Physics, Pulsating stars, Celestial Mechanics
Department of Astronomy ( Sao Paulo )
An overview of the Department of Astronomy of the University of São Paulo, placed in São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Groupe de recherche en Astrophysique de l'Universite Laval
Groupe de Recherche en Astrophysique de l'Université Laval. Bilingual (French/English). Description of research projects. Science with HST. Picture galery. Individual members. Recent publications (with postcript files available on-line). Links with other astronomical resources.
Optical Correctors for Fixed Telescopes
One of the often cited limitations of liquid mirror telescopes pertains to the small region of sky which they can observe. Because the aberrations of a parabola increase rapidly with field angle, classical corrector designs cannot yield subarcsecond images for angles significantly greater than one degree. To access larger fields, innovative corrector designs must be explored.
In these pages we discuss the Optical Design and Testing of a family of two-mirror correctors to compensate the aberrations of a fixed parabolic mirror observing at a large angle from the zenith.
Liquid Mirrors at Université Laval ( LM )
Liquid Mirror (LM) technology is being developed at Université Laval. A f/1.2, 2.5 meter diameter, mercury mirror is being extensively tested in our testing tower. We are also exploring the use of gallium eutectics as reflecting liquids. The design of novel optical correctors to increase the accessible field of view of liquid mirrors up to 45 degrees is also addressed.
Cornell University - Department of Astronomy
Icarus ( the International Journal of Solar System Studies )
ICARUS is the official publication of Division of Planetary Sciences and is dedicated to reporting the results of new research-- observational, experimental, or theoretical-- concerning the astronomy, geology, meteorology, physics, chemistry, biology, and other scientific aspects of our solar system or extrasolar systems. It is published monthly by Academic Press, Inc. Of primary interest to researchers is the list of papers submitted to Icarus, similar to the Astrophysical Journal's " yellow pages." We plan on updating this list every 4-6 weeks. This server also contains information for authors planning to submit papers to Icarus and subscription information.
WASSERMAN, Ira M. ( Cornell Univ. )
BANFIELD, Don ( Cornell )
HAYWARD, Thomas L. ( Cornell )
LOREDO, Tom J. ( Cornell )
LAZIO, Joseph ( Cornell )
sci.astro Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQ )
sci.astro is a newsgroup devoted to the discussion of the science of astronomy. As such its content ranges from the Earth to the farthest reaches of the Universe. However, certain questions tend to appear fairly regularly. This document attempts to summarize answers to these questions.
MARGOT, Jean-Luc ( Cornell )
MUSSER, George ( ASP )
NORDGREN, Tyler ( Cornell )
RATHBUN, Julie ( Cornell )
WILSON, Peter ( Cornell )
AstroVR
AstroVR serves primarily as a collaborative tool for researchers in astronomy and astrophysics. The goal is to provide a virtual environment in which researchers can collaborate almost as though they were in the same room. AstroVR features links to various software programs, such as ISSA-PS, SIMBAD, NED, MONGO, SKYVIEW, etc., and allows researchers to use these programs together in a shared environment, together with video, audio, and text. For additional information, please read the introduction.
COHN, Haldan N. ( Indiana Univ. )
DURISEN, Richard H. ( Indiana Univ. )
HEINZ, Richard M. ( Indiana Univ. )
HONEYCUTT, R. Kent ( Indiana Univ. )
JOHNSON, Hollis R. ( Indiana Univ. )
ENSMAN, Lisa ( Indiana Univ. )
LUGGER, Phyllis M. ( Indiana Univ. )
MUFSON, Stuart L. ( Indiana Univ. )
MUSSER, James A. ( Indiana Univ. )
University of Victoria Astronomy
This is the Home Page of the Astronomy Group at the University of Victoria. It contains information on faculty, graduate students and research associates. Research activities and facilities are described. In addition, a selection of electronic preprints written by members of the Group is also available.
Climenhaga Observatory
GREIMEL, Robert ( UVic )
LABRIE, Kathleen ( Univ. of Victoria )
Supernovae and supernova remnants: Rate, Impact on ISM, Role in galaxy evolution.
SIMARD, Luc ( UVic )
HUDSON, Mike ( Victoria )
WIRTH, Gregory D. ( University of Victoria )
Evolution of galaxy clusters, Observational cosmology, Fundamental properties of early-type galaxies
University of Pisa - Astronomy and Astrophysics Section
Center for Astronomical Adaptive Optics ( CAAO )
The Center's mission is to develop state-of-the-art adaptive optics systems for the many large telescope projects currently under development by Steward Observatory in collaboration with a number of partners worldwide.
University of Manchester - Astronomy Group
Available are contact details, research interests of the group members, preprints and publications, course details, a frequently updated collection of links to items of interest to astronomers and of course, a few pretty pictures.
University of Manchester - Astronomy Group: Preprints
Active Galaxies Newsletter
Monthly newsletter of abstracts on all aspects of active galaxies.
HOLLOWAY, Anthony ( Manchester )
Salford Astronomy Society ( Manchester, UK )
An amateur group which holds weekly lectures/meetings and is developing this resource with the primary aim of improving communications between amateur and professional astronomers.
STEFFEN, Wolfgang ( University of Manchester )
SISSA preprint server
Malin Space Science Systems, Inc. ( MSSS )
MSSS Viking Image Archive
Provides access to a large fraction of the set of images taken by the Viking orbiters from 1976 to 1980
BAse Solaire Sol 2000 ( BASS2000 )
French national database for solar observations, created as a support for THEMIS data and in complement of the MEDOC database of space observations (SOHO).
Academia Sinica's Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics ( ASIAA )
ASIAA is a research institute founded in 1993 at Taipei, Taiwan, Public of CHINA to study the universe and its constituents observationally and theoretically. ASIAA's initial emphasis is on radio astronomy. ASIAA has joined the Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland millimeter Array (BIMA) as a 10% partner sinice 1994. ASIAA is adding two elements to Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Sub-Mn-Array (SMA) (the SMART project) to become a 15% partner of this frontier facility which is to be completed before the year 2000.
Pijpers, Frank P. ( Aarhus )
ROSENTHAL, Colin ( Århus )
Berkeley Illinois Maryland Association ( BIMA - Hat Creek )
BIMA is a consortium consisting of the The University of California at Berkeley, The University of Illinois at Urbana and The University of Maryland at College Park which operates and maintains a millimeter-wave radio interferometer at Hat Creek, California.
NEMO Stellar Dynamics Toolbox ( NEMO )
NEMO is a Stellar Dynamics Toolbox with many programs to create, integrate, analyze and visualize N-body (and related) systems. In addition there are various tools to operate images, tables and orbits, including FITS files to import/export data to/from other data reduction packages.
Astronomical software on top of Linux
A list of astronomical software available on top of the Linux/Unix operating system.
WIP
WIP is a simple to use command line user interface used to produce high quality graphical output. It is linked with the PGPLOT subroutine package providing easy interaction with those subroutines.
Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network ( BiSON )
The current status of the Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network - a global network for helioseismology. Additionally some recent results and publications are available.
Università di Bologna. Dipartimento di Astronomia ( Italy )
Library of the Astronomy Department of the Bologna University
CAPPI, Alberto ( Bologna Astronomical Observatory )
This is my personal home-page, where interested people can get abstracts and references to my papers, CV, etc. I have also links to various astronomical resources, and maintain a page devoted to the cosmological ideas of Edgar A. Poe.
The ESO Slice Project: A Galaxy Redshift Survey in the South Galactic Pole Region ( ESP )
Official Page of the ESO Slice Project. People can already get useful information. The final data will be available directly from this page.
TUNGUSKA at the University of Bologna (Italy) ( Bologna )
The University of Bologna's official Tunguska Home page. It contains a collection of abstracts presented at the International Workshop Tunguska96 (Bologna, July 15-17, 1996), information about the group of the University of Bologna, data on "Tunguska-related" asteroids, links to Tunguska home pages in the world and related links.
LUTZ, Barry L. ( NAU )
Backgrounds Data Center ( BDC )
The Backgrounds Data Center (BDC) is part of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO). The BDC was established to assist the ballistic and theater missile defense community with its requirements for information to evaluate the Strategic Defense System feasibility, development, and implementation. The BDC is located at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington D.C., and is part of the Space Science Division. Specifically, the BDC archives, catalogs, and distributes BMDO experiment program data relating to Earth, atmospheric, and celestial background scenes. Emphasis is placed on the ultraviolet, visible, and infrared regions of the spectrum.
DORLAND, Bryan ( NRL )
Naval Research Laboratory Space Science Division ( NRL SSD )
Division scientists are involved in major research thrusts that include ultraviolet remote sensing of the upper atmosphere, studies of the solar atmosphere by using spectrographic techniques, and studies of atronomical radiation ranging from the ultraviolet through cosmic rays. This includes the mission operations and data analysis facilities for NRL's OSSE experiment on NASA's Compton Observatory. Contains links to Backgrounds Data Center, X-ray Astronomy Branch, Gamma and Cosmic Ray Astrophysics Branch, Solar Physics Branch, Coronal Physics Section, Far-Ultraviolet Cameras Experiment, and more.
Peoria Astronomical Society
Peoria astronomical Society is an Amateur Astronomy Society Dedicated: To promote the science of astronomy By fostering astronomical education; by providing incentives for astronomical observation and research; by assisting communication among amateur astronomers.
Infrared Sky Survey Atlas ( ISSA )
Boston University Astronomy Department ( BU )
MATTOX, John ( Boston University )
I am currently investigating the emission of high-energy gamma-rays by pulsars and blazars. In both cases, gamma-rays provide an important diagnostic for understanding the behavior of matter in extreme circumstances.
PAK, Soojong ( U. Texas )
ADASS III ('93) *Electronic* Proceedings
The electronic version of the Proceedings for the ADASS III Conference, held in Victoria, October 13-15, 1993, is available on-line. A printed volume, A.S.P. Conference Series Volume 61 (Dennis R. Crabtree, R. J. Hanisch, and Jeannette Barnes, Editors), is also available, which can be ordered from the A.S.P. office in San Francisco through the WWW pages or by sending a FAX inquiry to them directly at 415-337-5205. Comments about the electronic proceedings can be sent to the editors at adass-eds@dao.nrc.ca. Electronic Editors: Daniel Durand, Jeannette Barnes, Dennis R. Crabtree.
Canadian Astronomy Data Centre ( CADC )
The CADC was established in 1986 as one of three world-wide distribution centres for data from the Hubble Space Telescope and is part of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria, B.C. The CADC mandate has recently expanded and we are now archiving data from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope located on the Big Island of Hawaii. CADC has hosted ADASS'93 (Oct 13-15, 1993).
CADC Services
The CADC tools package includes: starcat - STARCAT is a tool for accessing the HST Archive, CFHT and ESO archives. xhot - X tool which displays the planned activities of the Hubble Space Telescope. It allows you to find out what the telescope is currently observing simbad - The new SIMBAD tool now runs on your workstation. xmgr - This very nice interactive plotting package is now used for the Preview system whitin STARCAT. You will be amazed by its capabilities. Data display could be FFT'd, fitted, zoomed, printed, etc...
Canada France Hawaii Telescope - Archive & Schedules (at DAO) ( CFHT )
(archive, CCDs, proposal template, manuals) - All the CFHT data are now being archived since September 18, 1992 and the proprietary period is 2 years. After that time, they become public and are available world wide.
Hubble Space Telescope ( HST - from CADC )
Also, there is a page from ST-ECF .
International Astronomy Conferences and Meetings
This list of astronomy meetings is compiled by Liz Bryson of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. This version of the meeting list has been updated to provide links to those meetings which are providing information electronically. If you find this list useful please send e-mail to bryson@cfht.hawaii.edu (Bryson's plain text version of the file is available via FTP; the HTML is easier to read, and includes links).
CRABTREE, Dennis (alternate) ( CADC )
DURAND, Daniel (alternate) ( CADC )
FISHER, Wes ( CADC )
GAUDET, Séverin (alternate) ( CADC )
HILL, Norman (alternate) ( CADC )
JUSTICE, Gerald (alternate) ( CADC )
MARCY, Geoffrey W. ( SFSU )
Cagliari Astronomical Observatory ( International Latitude Station )
The Cagliari Astronomical Observatory was established as International Latitude Astronomical Station of Carloforte in 1899, a small town of the sardinian island of S. Pietro. It has been, for about 80 years, one of the five international stations devoted to study the Earth rotation and polar motion. Observations with the zenital telescope were carried out, except in the period of the second world's war. Starting from 1978, the headquarters were moved to Punta Sa Menta, a site 15 km far from Cagliari which has the same latitude of the Carloforte station. (Satellite Laser Ranging, Astrophysics, Planetary Dynamics, Time Laboratory, Data Processing)
Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy ( CASA )
The Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy (CASA), founded in 1985, is affiliated with the Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences (APS) department at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The APS department offers a graduate program in the two related areas, and students obtain basic theoretical knowledge common to both before specializing. CASA personnel have active research programs. In Astrophysics, the major topics include: Stars (proto-, hot, cool, and the Sun), Interstellar and Intergalactic Matter, Extragalactic Astronomy, High-Energy Astrophysics, Origins, and X-ray/UV/IR Instrumentation.
HAMILTON, Andrew ( JILA )
Cosmology, Relativity and Black Holes, Supernovae.
Falling into a Black Hole
In which we fall into a black hole on a real free fall orbit. All distortions of images are real, both general relativistic from the gravitational bending of light, and special relativistic from the near light speed orbit. After you are done dying at the central singularity of the black hole, feel free to explore more about the Schwarzschild geometry, about wormholes, and about the collapse of a black hole.
McLIN, Kevin M.
Center for Advanced Space Studies ( CASS )
The Center for Advanced Space Studies is a major research and conference facility built by Universities Space Research Association (USRA) in 1991 in Houston, Texas. Since the completion of the CASS facility in December 1991, it has housed the four Houston activities of USRA: Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), Exploration Science Institute (ESI), Division of Space Life Sciences (DSLS), Division of Educational Programs (DEP).
Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletins ( LPIB )
Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin, Lunar and Planetary Institute / Universities Space Research Association
SMITH, Harding E. (Gene) ( CASS/UCSD )
BEAVER, Ed ( UCSD )
HAMANN, Fred ( UCSD / CASS )
PUETTER, Richard C. ( UCSD / CASS )
University of California, San Diego - Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences ( UCSD - CASS )
The Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences at UC San Diego is the birthplace of the multi-channel Digicon photon detectors. Four of these are used on two instruments, the UCSD Faint Object Spectrometer (FOS), and the Goddard High Resolution Spectrometer (GHRS), on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Available at this site is information relating to the activities, facilities, and personnel at CASS. The Faint Object Spectrograph group, its history, and related areas of research are described in detail.
Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences Marlar Library
Andromeda Galaxy and Amplified Pixels Experiment ( AGAPE )
AGAPE (Andromeda Galaxy and Amplified Pixels Experiment) is a French collaboration between CNRS (IN2P3 and INSU) and CEA (DSM/DAPNIA) laboratories.
The project is a search for microlensing on unresolved stars of the Andromeda M31 galaxy by MACHOs (baryonic dark matter candidates) of the halo of the Milky Way as well as of the halo of M31.
Astronomy and Astrophysics: Abstract Service at CDS
Following an agreement with the Editors of Astronomy & Astrophysics, the CDS provides electronic access to the abstracts from the Astronomy and Astrophysics main Journal, and Supplement Series, approximately four weeks before publication.
CDS Information Bulletin
Centre de Données Astronomiques de Strasbourg ( CDS )
The CDS is a data center dedicated to the collection and worldwide distribution of astronomical data. It is located at the Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, France. The CDS hosts the SIMBAD astronomical database, the world reference database for the identification of astronomical objects. The CDS site includes access to SIMBAD on the Web, various bibliographic services and mirror sites, the AstroWeb pages and the Star*s Family of directories, the TOPBase of the Opacity project, etc.
It also includes the famous Astronomer's Bazaar , a unique feature allowing to select astronomical catalogues by keyword or author's name, among the library of several thousands catalogues and tables available on line, and to actually retrieve the corresponding files. This is completed by the VizieR service for querying catalogues and tables.
CDS Service for Astronomical Catalogues ( Astronomer's Bazaar )
This on-line service, provided by the CDS, Strasbourg, gives access to several thousand astronomical data catalogues and tables. The VizieR catalog browser provides additional search functionalities for a large fraction of these catalogues.
PASP Abstract Service at CDS
Following an agreement with the Editors of the PASP, the CDS provides electronic access to the abstracts from the Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
Set of Identifications, Measurements, and Bibliography for Astronomical Data ( SIMBAD at CDS )
The SIMBAD astronomical database, created and maintained by the CDS, Strasbourg, brings together basic data, cross-identifications, observational measurements, and bibliography, for celestial objects outside the solar system: stars, galaxies, and nonstellar objects within our galaxy, or in external galaxies. SIMBAD contains information for about 1.5 million objects, for which 4 million identifiers, 2 million observational measurements and 2 million bibliographical references are available. If you don't have a userid yet you first need to register. The following documents can be browsed or retrieved through the network: Hypertext version of the SIMBAD User's Guide and Reference Manual, Simbad News reprinted from Bull. Inform. CDS, Documentation of the SIMBAD astronomical database (ftp service).
AstroWeb at CDS: yellow-page Services
Information and On-line Data in Astronomy
This is the on-line complement of the book "Information & On-line Data in Astronomy", Daniel Egret & Miguel A. Albrecht (Editors), published by Kluwer Acad. Publ. (Sept. 1995). It includes summary descriptions of the databases, archives, and information systems presented in the printed version, together with the complete access pointers (kept up-to-date) and, when available, ready-to-use hyperlinks to the original data systems.
MediaTheque
The Strasbourg astronomical Data Centre (CDS) is collecting modern media offering material related to astronomy and space sciences.
BRUNEAU, Chantal ( CDS )
EGRET, Daniel ( CDS )
DUBOIS, Pascal ( CDS )
BONNAREL, François ( CDS )
GENOVA, Françoise ( CDS )
OCHSENBEIN, François ( CDS )
JASNIEWICZ, Gérard ( CDS )
BARTLETT, Jim ( CDS )
FLORSCH, Joseph ( CDS )
HALBWACHS, Jean-Louis ( CDS )
MARCOUT, James ( Strasbourg Astron. Obs. )
CRÉZÉ Michel ( Strasbourg Astron. Obs./CDS )
WAGNER, Marie-José ( CDS )
WENGER, Marc ( CDS )
BAUER, Patricia ( CDS )
LESTEVEN, Soizick ( CDS )
Star*s Family
The Star*s Family is a growing collection of directories, dictionaries, databases and related products on astronomy, space sciences, as well as related fields, organizations and people. StarWorlds, StarBits, and StarHeads: are available on-line.
The Opacity Project: TOPbase at CDS ( TOPbase )
TOPbase is a read-only database system specially designed for general use of the atomic data dervived by the Opacity Project. It contains energy levels, f-values and photoionization cross sections for astrophysically abundant elements.
Weaving the Astronomy Web ( WAW )
A Conference organized at Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory, Strasbourg, France (6-7 April 1995). This Conference is intended to be a forum for astronomical data providers, webmasters, astronomers and space scientists interested in the current and future developments of the World-Wide Web, and more generally of electronic on-line information handling in an astronomy and space sciences context. Proceedings are available on-line.
HECK, André ( Strasbourg Astron. Obs. )
ELLEC, Christophe ( JPL )
Center for Earth and Planetary Studies ( CEPS / RPIF )
Center for Earth and Planetary Studies and its Regional Planetary Image Facility (RPIF) located at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution are pleased to announce the availability of its WWW server. The purpose of this NASA supported RPIF is to act as a reference library providing planetary science researchers with access to the extensive collection of image data from planetary missions. Currently we are in the process of placing some of the 300,000 photographs and images of the planets and their satellites in our collection online.
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics ( CFA )
The CfA combines the resources and research facilities of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Harvard College Observatory under a single director to pursue studies of those basic physical processes that determine the nature and evolution of the universe. The CfA operates the Whipple Observatory in Amado, Arizona, and the Theory Group ).
SMITH, Peter L. ( CfA )
Multiple Mirror Telescope Observatory (1) ( MMTO )
Oak Ridge Observatory
Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satell ( SWAS )
SWAS, the Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite, is a pathfinding mission for studying the chemical composition of interstellar galactic clouds to help determine the process of star formation.
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams ( CBAT )
The Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (CBAT) operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, under the auspices of Commission 6 of the International Astronomical Union and under the direction of Dr. Brian G. Marsden. The CBAT is responsible for the dissemination of information on transient astronomical events, via the IAU Circulars (IAUCs), a series of postcard-sized announcements issued at irregular intervals. The IAUCs are also available in electronic form.
Minor Planet Center
The Minor Planet Center is a service of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union and operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory under the direction of Dr. Brian Marsden. The Minor Planet Center is responible for the collection and dissemination of astrometric observations and orbits for minor planets and comets.
John G. Wolbach Library ( Harvard/CFA )
The online catalog contains information about approximately 95 percent of the holdings of the CfA Library (i.e. the merged collections of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Harvard College Observatory Libraries)
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (1) ( SAO )
BOURKE, Tyler ( CfA )
New England Light Pollution Advisory Group ( NELPAG )
Information concerning improved outdoor lighting to reduce glare and obtrusive light.
DIRECT Project Homepage ( DIRECT )
We undertook a long term project, DIRECT, to obtain the direct distances to two important galaxies in the cosmological distance ladder -- M31 and M33, using detached eclipsing binaries (DEBs) and Cepheids.
KURTZ, Michael J. ( ADS )
MARDONES, Diego ( Center for Astrophysics )
ASHBY, Matthew ( Harvard )
BARNES, Peter ( CfA )
My interests include: star formation in molecular clouds and HII regions, as traced by various cm, mm, submm, and IR emissions; transfer of line radiation in molecular gas; chemistry and dynamics of molecular clouds; physical structure of molecular clouds and cloud cores and relevance to star formation; MHD modelling of molecular clouds; molecular clouds and HII regions as tracers of spiral structure; spiral structure in the Milky Way and Local Group galaxies; kinematics and dynamics of spiral galaxies; properties of supernova remnants; observation and modelling of planetary atmospheres and surfaces; synthesis imaging techniques; astronomical software tools.
An Interactive Graphical Milky Way Concordance
The Concordance is a suite of programmes and catalogues which display all objects of interest in a user-specified sky window. Currently specialising in nebulous galactic objects, the Concordance plots source positions and sizes, and labels each object with its catalogue name and distance. The Concordance uses the SuperMongo plotting package.
Center for Astrophysics Library
BARMBY, Pauline
observational extragalactic astronomy
SAO Telescope Data Center
The SAO Telescope Data Center creates and maintains software to process and archive data from optical telescopes at the Oak Ridge Observatory in Harvard, Massachusetts and the Whipple Observatory and Multiple Mirror Telescope on Mt. Hopkins in Arizona
Course Notes for Astronomy 45 at Harvard
Astronomy 45, "Introduction to Astrophysics" is taught at Harvard to science majors (not necessarily astronomy) who have taken 1 year of college physics. These course notes are used as the principal text.
Eastbay Astronomical Society
The Eastbay Astronomical Society, founded in 1924, is associated with the Chabot Observatory & Science Center in Oakland, California.
New Mexico State University - Department of Astronomy ( NMSU )
Contains information on faculty, staff, and students and their research and educational activities, as well as descriptions of department astronomical facilities.
New Mexico State Univ Astronomy Preprints ( NMSU )
KRAVTSOV, Andrey ( NMSU )
MCNAMARA, Bernie ( NMSU )
LOKEN, Chris ( NMSU )
WALTER, Charles ( NMSU )
BURNS, Jack ( NMSU )
LEDLOW, Mike ( NMSU )
MARLEY, Mark ( NMSU )
HARRISON, Tom ( NMSU )
Educational Space Simulations Project ( ESSP )
The Educational Space Simulations Project is a web site where teachers and students can retrieve information about coordinating and conducting their own space simulation. Activity guides, launch and landing scripts, software, and much more is available for free download.
Guillermo Haro Observatory ( Cananea, Mexico )
CHORUS
Mediterranean Association of Environmental and Space Sciences ( AMSEE )
The "Association Mediterranenne des Sciences de l'Environnement et de l'Espace" or Mediterranean Association of Environmental and Space Sciences is a non profit organisation established late 1990. Since then the Association has installed two telescopes, one designed for the observation of planets and double stars under the Mosser Dome and another for deep sky observing under the Messier Dome. CCDs observing for amateur size telescope has been the major interest of the members since the beginning. The AMSEE observing facilities have been installed on the French Riviera at 1220 meters above the sea level on a 7,8 ha piece of land. Synergies have been developed with the Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur (OCA) and many other bodies.

The projects undertaken by AMSEE are described in the server, which includes the finest images made with the observatory facilities.

CLEMENTINE images
The CLEMENTINE Spacecraft, was launched on 25 January 1994, and performed in 71 days the first multi-spectral systematic mapping of the moon. Clementine produced 1,800,000 images that represents approximately a volume of 55 Go of data. These data are distributed by the PDS on 90 CD-ROMS, and are also available on line (stored on 55 Go drives) thanks to this server provided by CNES.
Hubble Space Telescope Astrometry Science Team
See how astrometry, one of the oldest branches of astronomy, uses the Hubble Space Telescope, one of the newest tools of astronomy. Interrogate our home page to find out what we do, who we are, and what we've done. Look over our shoulder as we search for planets around a nearby star. We use the Fine Guidance Sensors aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to measure star positions, study binary stars and study stellar motions. Primarily, stellar positions yield parallaxes which provide information on distance. The distances to nearby stars calibrate the entire astronomical distance scale. Monitoring star position may reveal previously unseen companions. We search for planets near Proxima Centauri and Barnard's Star. We also work to tie the HIPPARCOS reference frame to an extragalactic (non-rotating) reference frame. We study binary stars unresolvable using ground-based techniques. We inspect stars to determine whether or not they are binary. We use the Planetary Camera to obtain images of stars in globular clusters. The precision with which we can measure positions is so high, that after 3-5 years a second image will show motions of stars in clusters 6 kpc distant.
BENEDICT, Fritz ( McDonald )
FULLTON, Jim ( CNIDR )
Clearinghouse for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval ( CNIDR )
Promote and Support the implementation and use of networked information discovery and retrieval software applications such as the Wide Area Information Server (WAIS), World Wide Web (WWW), the Inte